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Spineless   /spˈaɪnləs/   Listen
Spineless

adjective
1.
Weak in willpower, courage or vitality.  Synonyms: gutless, namby-pamby, wishy-washy.
2.
Lacking a backbone or spinal column.  Synonym: invertebrate.
3.
Lacking spiny processes.
4.
Lacking thorns.  Synonym: thornless.



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"Spineless" Quotes from Famous Books



... use?" he said aloud. "You're nothing but a spineless putterer. Haven't you enough sense even to give me a chance to decide for myself? Why didn't you keep the woman with you till you could send ...
— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine


Words linked to "Spineless" :   weak, vertebrate, unarmed, zoological science, zoology, spinous


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